# Cron Jobs Help - Timing

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cron-jobs-help-timing/64260>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cron-jobs-help-timing/64260 "2022-07-21T02:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/wackyblackie/32/43350_2.png) [@wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/wackyblackie)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cron-jobs-help-timing/64260/2 "2022-07-21T02:58:07Z")

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There’s no telling when it runs. See this:

> [@Understanding Cron Job schedules](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/understanding-cron-job-schedules/50643):
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> The control panel offers a tool called Cron Jobs to periodically call a specified URL on your site. This is useful to execute scheduled tasks or perform background operations. The control panel offers a “Minute and/or Hours” selector to choose when the cron job is executed. However, this configuration system is confusing and tends to behave in unexpected ways. Recommended Schedules Calling a URL once per hour If you want like to execute a URL once per hour on the whole hour, the schedule to do…

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